About Us

Come on in and browse – we have chairs, music, water, and a hundred thousand books. We take cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover. American Express, or debit cards, and Paypal. We offer fast special orders on in-print titles, and will conduct extensive searches for out-of-print books. We’ve been around for over 20 years, we’ve been featured on A&E’s Storage Wars, and we are happy to answer any questions you have on buying or selling books.

DIRECTIONS: We’re on the northeast corner at the intersection of Chandler and Cahuenga

IF YOU’RE COMING FROM WEST L.A./SANTA MONICA: Take the 405N to the 101S (towards Los Angeles), then take that to the 134 (goes off to the left). Take off the Cahuenga exit, and turn left; we’ll be not quite a mile on the right side.

IF YOU’RE COMING FROM DOWNTOWN L.A./HOLLYWOOD: Take the 101N (towards Ventura), get off on Lankershim/Cahuenga (in front of Universal). Turn right, then when the street branches, follow Cahuenga off to the right. We’re about a mile from there.

IF YOU’RE COMING FROM PASADENA/GLENDALE: Take the 134W, get off on Cahuenga. Turn right, and go not quite a mile. We’ll be on the right side.

IF YOU’RE COMING FROM VALENCIA/NORTHRIDGE: Take the 5S to the 170S, get off on Burbank Blvd. Turn left. Head east about two miles to Cahuenga, then turn right. We’ll be about two blocks on the left side (corner of Chandler and Cahuenga)

PARKING INFO: We do have parking in the back; there’s also usually plentiful (free) street parking.

We were named one of the best used bookstores in L.A. in the April 2007 issue of Los Angeles Magazine

The September/October 2003 issue of Westways magazine mentions us in an article about the NoHo arts district. Here’s what they said: “Bibliophiles won’t want to miss The Iliad Bookshop, a neighborhood fixture for more than 15 years. Books fill its seemingly never-ending series of rooms from floor to ceiling. It’s especially fun to browse bargain tables, where titles range from Two Hundred Years of American Paintings to

In their “Best of L.A. 2000” issue, the LA Weekly named us “Best Voluminous Place to Get Lost”.

Check out this cool mention of us in the Summer 2002 issue of RoughNews